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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1940-07-06 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5645 · 2:00

Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York Giants 8–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 7th. Kirby Higbe earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	8	12
NY1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

W: Kirby Higbe L: Paul Dean SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Art Mahan	6	3	1	0	0	1
Chuck Klein	5	1	3	1	0	0
Heinie Mueller	2	1	1	0	3	0
Johnny Rizzo	4	1	1	2	1	1
Pinky May	3	1	0	2	2	0
Joe Marty	4	1	2	0	1	0
Bobby Bragan	5	0	2	2	0	0
Bill Atwood	5	0	0	1	0	1
Kirby Higbe	5	0	2	0	0	2

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Burgess Whitehead	5	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Rucker	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jo-Jo Moore	5	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Young	3	0	1	0	1	0
Harry Danning	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	0	0	1	0
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	2	1	0	0
Mickey Witek	2	0	1	1	2	0
Paul Dean	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny McCarthy	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	9.0	6	4	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Dean	6.0	8	5	3
Red Lynn	3.0	4	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Art Mahan: K
Chuck Klein: 99
Heinie Mueller: W
Johnny Rizzo: K

Bot 1

Burgess Whitehead: 99
Johnny Rucker: K
Jo-Jo Moore: E8/F.B-2
Babe Young: W
Harry Danning: 99/F

Top 2

Pinky May: W
Joe Marty: 36(1)/FO
Bobby Bragan: S9.1X3(95)
Bill Atwood: 99/F

Bot 2

Mel Ott: 99
Tony Cuccinello: 99
Mickey Witek: S
Paul Dean: K

Top 3

Kirby Higbe: S
Art Mahan: 99
Chuck Klein: S.1-2
Heinie Mueller: 99
Johnny Rizzo: 99

Bot 3

Burgess Whitehead: S
Johnny Rucker: 99/F
Jo-Jo Moore: 99/F
Babe Young: 99/F

Top 4

Pinky May: W
Joe Marty: S.1-3
Bobby Bragan: 7/F.3-H
Bill Atwood: 99
Kirby Higbe: K

Bot 4

Harry Danning: S9
Mel Ott: BK.1-2
Mel Ott: W
Tony Cuccinello: S7/G.2-H;1-3
Mickey Witek: 99(1)/FO.3-H
Paul Dean: 99/SH.1-2
Burgess Whitehead: 99/F

Top 5

Art Mahan: S
Chuck Klein: 99
Heinie Mueller: S.1-2
Johnny Rizzo: W.2-3;1-2
Pinky May: 9/F.3-H
Joe Marty: 99

Bot 5

Johnny Rucker: 99
Jo-Jo Moore: 99
Babe Young: 99

Top 6

Bobby Bragan: 99
Bill Atwood: 99
Kirby Higbe: 99

Bot 6

Harry Danning: 99
Mel Ott: 99
Tony Cuccinello: D
Mickey Witek: W
Paul Dean: 99/G

Top 7

Art Mahan: E8/F
Chuck Klein: WP.1-2
Chuck Klein: S9.2-H(UR)
Heinie Mueller: W.1-2
Johnny Rizzo: S8/L.2-H;1-3
Pinky May: 9/L.3-H
Joe Marty: S.1-3
Bobby Bragan: 8/F.3-H
Bill Atwood: K

Bot 7

Burgess Whitehead: 99
Johnny Rucker: 99
Jo-Jo Moore: 99

Top 8

Kirby Higbe: S
Art Mahan: 99(1)/FO
Chuck Klein: S.1-2
Heinie Mueller: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Rizzo: 99(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Pinky May: 99

Bot 8

Babe Young: S
Harry Danning: 99
Mel Ott: 99
Tony Cuccinello: 99

Top 9

Joe Marty: W
Bobby Bragan: S.1-3
Bill Atwood: 99/F.3-H
Kirby Higbe: K
Art Mahan: 99

Bot 9

Mickey Witek: W
Johnny McCarthy: 99
Burgess Whitehead: 99
Johnny Rucker: E6.1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: 99